LARGO, Md. — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday suggested she did not intend to fade into the background after President-elect Donald Trump’s November victory, and used her first major postelection speech to urge young people to “stay in the fight.”

Before an audience of students, activists and recent graduates at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland, Harris called on the crowd to maintain their passion and resolve.

“The movements for civil rights, women’s rights, workers rights, the United States of America itself, would never have come to be if people had given up their cause after a court case, or a battle.

“We must stay in the fight,” said Harris, who has kept a relatively low profile in the weeks since her concession speech. “Every one of us.”

Some Democratic leaders have floated Harris as a potential candidate for governor of California, having won two statewide races there, or for another role in the party. In recent weeks, donors and advisers have expressed a desire for her to remain a political leader.

— The New York Times